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Characterization of photoluminescent and Raman properties of ultramarine blue pigment variants with a novel multimodal approach [PDF]
Ultramarine Blue (UB) pigment, derived from lapis lazuli, holds a significant place in the history of late medieval and Renaissance Europe, owing to its unusually bright colour and stability. Its prohibitive price, which equalled that of gold, meant that
Carta Francesco +6 more
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Titian's Bacchus and His Two Loves
Abstract Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne represents not only Bacchus' attraction to Ariadne, as has long been recognized, but also his infatuation with a boy‐satyr, Ampelos, who struts at the centre of the composition. The little satyr's identity, recognized in the seventeenth century, but overlooked by modern scholars, is confirmed by newly revealed ...
Fern Luskin
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ABSTRACT The problem of food waste is increasingly being tackled via revenue‐generating activities such as the retailing of surplus food products. Little scholarly attention has been paid to the role of the consumer in such business models, even though consumers' perceptions and purchasing decisions are crucial to the acceptance of business innovations.
Lisa Ruetgers +3 more
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Abstract In this paper, we complement a previous study of the UK natural science elite, as represented by Fellows of the Royal Society, with a comparable study of the humanities and social sciences elites, as represented by Fellows of the British Academy. We seek to establish how far similarities and differences exist in the social composition of these
Erzsébet Bukodi, John H. Goldthorpe
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Book review of The Migrant Image: The Art and Politics of Documentary during Global Crisis, by TJ Demos (2013).
Ana Balona de Oliveira
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Quando il teatro va al museo. Una storia di oggi
From the early 1970s, the British playwrights of the last thirty years have often turned their attention to existing collections, museums or curatorship. This essay will analyse two plays which are built around a “question of attribution”.
Mariacristina Cavecchi
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Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World
Index Islamicus, begun in 1906, is a database of bibliographic information of publications in all areas of studies connected with the Islamic world. Since that time, interest in Islamic art and architecture has surged from specialists to many scholars ...
Tammy Gaber
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Visiting Professorships at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 2013-2015
Visiting Professorships at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 2013-2015 The deadline for all professorship applications is January 15, 2013. Two professorships are available at the Courtauld Institute to present the best recent scholarship on historical American art.
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Variations sur la galerie des Glaces pour le château de Choisy ?
Thirty very finished drawings and watercolours by Charles de La Fosse held in Würzburg form the puzzle of a mysterious ceiling decoration. Four sheets by Michel Corneille the Younger are the key: a copy from La Fosse in a private collection, two sections
Bénédicte Gady
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The career of Sidney Colvin: a transitional moment at the fin-de-siècle [PDF]
As director of the Fitzwilliam Museum (1876–1883) and latterly as keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum (1883–1912), Sidney Colvin provides us with a test-case for examining the emergent professional practice of curators at the fin-de ...
Jessica Feather
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